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Answer · America's missing scientists, 2021–2026

Yes: such a programme exists, and McCasland, at least, was close to it

A US programme to retrieve and reverse-engineer non-human craft exists, and at least one person on the list, McCasland, worked on it or was close to it.

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Where it stands

Still possibleTwo pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Released records name the programme and show McCasland's or another listed person's part in it.
  • The Inspector General's withheld records on Grusch's complaint, when released, support his account.

What would rule it out

  • The Inspector General's and the UAP records-law releases contain no first-hand documentary evidence of such a programme.

Evidence 2 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Yes: such a programme exists, and McCasland, at least, was close to it [Answer ANS0DCQPPJRTBTW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCQPPJRTBTW
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